O/T #deletefacebook

In the long overdue (and ridiculously lengthy) process of deleting my Facebook account following the Cambridge Analytica revelations over the weekend. Anybody else doing likewise?

 

How's it a lengthy process..
I know it's a pain trying to leave owt these days but what was the problem?

 

you can never leave, they never delete your data,its always on their systems ,you might not be able to see it ,but it will be there waiting to be milked by god knows who

 

You got something to hide then?

 

Facebook pushes you towards "deactivating" your account rather than deleting it outright. The real setting is hidden away in the help pages. Once you've chosen to delete you have to wait two weeks, and then, finally, it begins the 90 day process of deleting all of your data. That's without mentioning the process of downloading pictures you may want to keep, informing friends you don't speak to very often etc etc.

 

What are you suggesting? I don't understand why anybody, having read the reports, would feel comfortable having that amount of data in the hands of god knows who and with which to do god knows what.

 

its nothing to do with hiding,its about facebook being used by big business and governments against people

 

Like, no one saw that coming!! Doh!!

The phone in your hand is listening to every word and god only knows what the camera is filming.

Pandora's box is well and truly open.

 

Makes me smile this does. Every single day you see hordes of people liking, sharing and commenting on fake crap (quizzes, what your face look like as a film star, as a man or woman etc, fake holiday give -aways, fake motor home give -aways, fake supermarket vouchers, fake land rover give-aways, fake airline ticket giveaways etc, picture of a secluded cottage asking would you live in a place like this, pictures of random disabled people saying 'people shun her, like and share for god's intervention', fake memes demanding a comment..... and on and on. These are all 'like' farming pages at best with the sole purpose of getting you to attach yourself to them. Then comes the fake friend requests, the viruses and the dodgy phone calls. Even without this 'scandal' facebook is a sorry and extremely dodgy state of affairs, not helped by the idiot like and sharers.

 

I want to delete Facebook.

I've wanted to for some time.

Unfortunately the only way I keep in touch with a lot of people I know at present is through Facebook messenger.

I don't have many phone numbers in order to keep in touch with people via text message or WhatsApp, so Messenger is easy.

Despite how much I despise Facebook. And Twitter while we're on the subject of social media that we dislike. I've gone right off this place too, I'm sad to say.

 

Big brother is watching more than ever before whether you use Facebook or not.

Unless you are also planning to never use a smartphone, a computer, a smart tv, go out anywhere there might be cctv, make a purchase using a credit or debit card etc then to be honest Facebook deletion barely tips the iceberg.

If people in high enough power want to know anything about anyone they will.

Doesn’t necessarily sit all that easily granted - but deleting Facebook will achieve nothing in terms of your security above making you feel that it has.

You need to do what makes you comfortable but I choose to accept the reality that is that with enough money anybody will find out whatever it wants about anyone it wants unless you go completely off the radar - live like a hermit in the woods or something. I’m not doing that.

I like to think that living a normal life, working and earning decent but equally unspectacular money and with nothing to hide, with kids living a happy healthy life in mainstream schools etc my family do not stand out as any target for anything other than the odd specialised marketing campaign.

In short we can’t control people gaining data on us, but we can control whether the information is something we’d want hidden. The Facebook stuff is stuff that’s shared on a public domain anyway - even if restricted to be seen by people you might know or used to years ago.

Besides after the Cambridge Analytica news they will be forced to become massively more secure anyway, and as Gally says, GDPR compliance is not optional.

 

By the way, anyone who looks at, or posts on the BBS are included in Gally's mass data base, where he identifies people with an IQ of over 50 for MFI. I can't reveal too many secrets, other than there's still plenty of storage space left in the data base.

 

Yes my parents live abroad but i can speak to them for free on messenger (and see them on video call). The social media part however is extremely tiresome.

 

I agree with a lot of what you say there Archey. And like you if it were not for facebook I believe I'd lose contact with friends I have made in Barnsley and other places.
Its been a great thing for making friends and as you say keeping in touch. Just use it to your advantage and nothing else. I don't see the problem there.
As for BBS. I find it a great board with lots of varied subjects being discussed. BTW your posts would be missed if you went. So please don't. You are one of the more level headed posters.

 

Yup, messenger is the only bit worth using.

If you want to be be "friends" with someone that doesn't talk to you in the street, then Facebook is for you.

 

People willingly giving away their personal info in a Facebook quiz are surprised that the people they gave their information to have used their personal information which they gave away willingly.

Shocking!

Just be sensible in what information you give away. I use Facebook and they will be holding a fair amount of information. But I'm not going to give random Facebook apps or other websites access to that data.

 

Why would anyone want to delete facebook ?

How else are you going to know what everyones had for their tea

 

We bought our first Smart TV last year, more through lack of alternative choice than anything else. While it was still on order, we heard that it can spy on you, listen to conversations etc. The wife went into orbit and the end result is that we've never connected it to the WiFi. If she understood the internet I probably wouldn't be typing this.

 

Leaving has no impact. UK government already confirmed this will be implemented.